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Etgar Challenge March 8

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1.    There are more mitzvot that command us not to do something than mitzvot that command us to do something. How many more?
a.    39
b.    117
c.    120
d.    180
e.    248

2.    Where did Channah go to pray for a child?
a.    Amuka
b.    Bet Lechem
c.    Yerushalayim
d.    Chevron
e.    Shilo
3.    When did the first Jews settle in North America?
a.    in biblical times
b.    in rabbinic times
c.    in medieval times
d.    in modern times
e.    in Roman times

4.    Who was the first Israeli to win a Nobel prize?
a.    Menachem Begin
b.    Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres
c.    Shai Agnon
d.    Daniel Kahneman
e.    Aaron Ciechanover & Avram Hershko 

5.    In the phrase sofer stam, what does stam signify?
a.    the parchment
b.    the sofer’s tools
c.    the prayers written by the sofer
d.    the ritual objects written by the sofer
e.    the three paragraphs of the Shema

6.    Which of these is not one of the Seven Mitzvot of Noach:
a.    don’t murder
b.    don’t steal
c.    don’t treat animals cruelly
d.    set up courts of law
e.    don’t lie
 

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 Answers: 1b, 2e, 3d, 4c, 5d, 6
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